Arsacids of Rome (eBook)

Misunderstanding in Roman-Parthian Relations

Jake Nabel (Autor)

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2025
283 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41307-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. At the beginning of the common era, the two major imperial powers of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East were Rome and Parthia. In this book, Jake Nabel analyzes Roman-Parthian interstate politics by focusing on a group of princes from the Arsacid familythe ruling dynasty of Parthiawho were sent to live at the Roman court. Although Roman authors called these figures ';hostages' and scholars have studied them as such, Nabel draws on Iranian and Armenian sources to argue that the Parthians would have seen them as the emperor's foster-children. These divergent perspectives allowed each empire to perceive itself as superior to the other, since the two sides interpreted the exchange of royal children through conflicting cultural frameworks. Moving beyond the paradigm of great powers in conflict, The Arsacids of Rome advances a new vision of interstate relations with misunderstanding at its center.

Inhalt

Contents
 
List of Illustrations
Series Preface
A Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Abbreviations
 
Introduction
1. Submission I: The Fosterage Background
2. Submission II: Parthian Pragmatism
3. Reception: The Arsacids at Rome
4. Remission: The Emperor as Parthian Aristocrat
5. Return: The Parthian Kingships of the Arsacids of Rome
Conclusion
 
Acknowledgments
References
Index
 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Iran and the Ancient World
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-520-41307-5 / 0520413075
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-41307-8 / 9780520413078